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Jahd Khalil reports McAuliffe raised $4.1 million between January and March. The next closest candidate was former delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy, who raised $1.8 million. Public Policy Polling recently interviewed 526 likely Democratic primary voters, 42% said they would vote for McAuliffe if the primary was held when they were interviewed. The financial disclosures give an imperfect insight into who might emerge as a viable challenger to McAuliffe. “Campaign finance is one of those ways that we measure popularity within the electorate,” said Dr Jatia Wrighten, a political science profess...

Scandal has befallen the Virginia Parole Board, and it’s finally coming to light.  Recent investigations into the Parole Board—which operates in secret and conceals records from the public—reveal board members violated its rules granting parole to convicted killers serving life sentences. Worse, the five-member board—all Democrats—decided this without informing victims' families and state prosecutors beforehand. Established in 1942, the agency decides how to “grant parole, to deny parole, to detain parole violators, and to revoke parole.” Unsurprisingly, they “serve at the pl...

Virginia GOP struggles with nomination process two months before convention Follow Us Question of the Day     By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times - Thursday, March 11, 2021 The Republican Party of Virginia is still struggling to finalize its nomination process, less than two months before its convention is to take place. Members of the party’s State Central Committee will meet Friday evening to consider alternative plans, as officials consider how delegates could vote at multiple locations throughou...

Virginia and New Jersey Governors 2021: A First Look A Commentary By J. Miles Coleman Thursday, March 04, 2021 KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Virginia Democrats are trying to win three consecutive gubernatorial races, a feat the party has not accomplished since the 1980s. — Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) is the favorite for his state’s Democratic nomination, though he faces a diverse field. Sign up: Free daily newsletter Sign up! — In a move that’s ruffled some feathers on their side, Virginia Republicans will select their nominee at a May convention. — In New Jersey, Gov. Phi...

“While the Democratic side chose a long time ago, a primary process and the candidates know the path that they need, the Republican side has no path right now. It changes from day to day, depending on who has a little more influence on the State Central Committee of the Republican Party than the other,” said David Ramadan, an adjunct professor at George Mason University’s Schar School and a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Mr. Ramadan said neither side has enough votes to secure the necessary two-thirds supermajority to amend the rules and allow for an “unassembled co...